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  1 Achieving green buldings with LEED : lessons from Canada
    Document Type: Presentation
    Publication Date: April 21, 2008
Author(s): Ken Klassen, CMHC International Training Team (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
    As part of the Sustainable Building and Concrete Seminar during the 2008 Batimat Tradeshow in Abu Dhabi, UAE, Klassen provided an overview of CMHC International and its activities in the United Arab Emirates. Klassen also discussed lessons learned in Canada from adapting and implementing LEED and insights gained from C-2000, a Canadian precursor t...[more]
    See Also: guidelines, sustainability
  2 ACI Specifications
    Document Type: Website
    Publication Date:
    The following ACI publications are available for purchase:

232.2R-96 - Use of Fly Ash in Concrete
301-99: Specifications for Structural Concrete for Buildings
308R-01: Guide to Curing Concrete
318/318R-95 - ACI Building Code

(Use the online bookstore's keyword search option to locate these publications.)...[more]
    See Also: guidelines, specifications
  3 Building a Sustainable Future: Architecture, Urban Design and Planning for New Millenium (Part 1 of 2)
    Document Type: Presentation
    Publication Date: November 28, 2007
Author(s): Maginnis Cocivera, Busby Perkins + Will Architects Ltd.
    At Big 5 in Dubai, UAE, Cocivera discussed how sustainability is incorporated in projects by Busby Perkins + Will by including the environmental context and using an integrated design approach. Challenges include climate change, and energy use. Projects discussed included: the Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS) in Vancouver,...[more]
    See Also: climate change, environmental impact, sustainability, sustainable building design
  4 Building a Sustainable Future: Architecture, Urban Design and Planning for New Millenium (Part 2 of 2)
    Document Type: Presentation
    Publication Date: November 28, 2007
Author(s): Busby Perkins + Will Architects Ltd.
    At Big 5 in Dubai, UAE, Cocivera discussed how sustainability is incorporated in projects by Busby Perkins + Will by including the environmental context and using an integrated design approach. Challenges include climate change, and energy use. Projects discussed included: the Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS) in Vancouver,...[more]
    See Also: climate change, environmental impact, sustainability, sustainable building design
  5 Building materials : how to tell green from 'greenwash'
    Document Type: Presentation
    Publication Date: April 21, 2008
Author(s): Ken Klassen, CMHC International Training Team (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
    As part of the Sustainable Building and Concrete Seminar during the 2008 Batimat Tradeshow in Abu Dhabi, UAE, Klassen provided an overview of CMHC International and its activities in the United Arab Emirates. In this presentation, Klassen discussed how to determine if a product or design is ‘green’ or ‘greenwash’. Key considerations include a lif...[more]
    See Also: environmental impact, sustainability
  6 Current Situation of Supplementary Cementitious Materials (SCMs) in Canada
    Document Type: Technical Report
    Publication Date: April 2003
Author(s): Nabil Bouzoubaa, Benoit Fournier, CANMET Energy Technology Centre, Natural Resources Canada
    The report details the current situation of supplementary cementing materials (SCMs) in Canada, specifically in terms of production, cost, availability, usage, potential areas for increasing usage, local barriers, and relevant guidelines and specifications. The purpose of the study is to determine a strategy to increase the use of SCMs in Canada....[more]
    See Also: availability, costs, guidelines, perception, precast concrete, standards
  7 Durability of EcoSmart Concrete
    Document Type: Presentation
    Publication Date: October 24, 2007
Author(s): Phil Seabrook, P.Eng., Levelton Consultants Ltd
    At the October 2007 EcoSmart Concrete Seminar in Abu Dhabi and Dubai, UAE, Seabrook discussed the durability of EcoSmart Concrete. He outlined potential challenges to durability in the UAE and approaches to overcome them. Seabrook also discussed the concrete properties used to evaluate durability and referenced case studies that demonstrated typi...[more]
    See Also: chemical attack, durability, permeability, shrinkage, specifications
  8 EcoSmart - AUD Seminar on Sustainable Concrete
    Document Type: Presentation
    Publication Date: October 24, 2007
Author(s): Michel de Spot, P.Eng., EcoSmart Foundation
    In this presentation at the October 2007 EcoSmart Concrete Seminar in Abu Dhabi and Dubai, UAE, de Spot provided an overview of the EcoSmart Foundation and the EcoSmart Concrete Project. De Spot discussed a number of points including, the environmental impact of the concrete and cement industry, the benefits of FA concrete and the use of EcoSmart...[more]
    See Also: climate change, concrete and cement industry, fly ash, sustainability
  9 EcoSmart - Industry Canada. Globe 2006 Visit
    Document Type: Presentation
    Publication Date: March 31, 2006
Author(s): Michel de Spot, P.Eng., EcoSmart Foundation
    During Globe 2006, EcoSmart and partners were invited to make presentations to international delegates. In this presentation, de Spot discussed the role of EcoSmart Concrete in sustainable building, highlighting different case studies and the amount of cement replaced. The examples also showed the various applications in which EcoSmart Concrete...[more]
    See Also: fly ash, supplementary cementing materials
  10 EcoSmart : a non profit organisation dedicated to innovation and sustainability
    Document Type: Presentation
    Publication Date: February 13, 2008
Author(s): Michel de Spot, P.Eng., EcoSmart Foundation
    De Spot discussed EcoSmart Concrete, a tool against climate change, regional fly ash supply and highlights of EcoSmart case studies. De Spot also discussed the benefits of using fly ash, such as increased durability....[more]
    See Also: climate change, durability, environmental impact, fly ash, sustainability
   
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